Hi Mary - this is Mac Campbell, who has accepted your friend request on Bookblogs. I see you like dogs. On my blog is a short story in which I placed my own dog. If you want to read it, here is the link: http://iwritehorror.blogspot.com/2011/04/anthony-caden-lewis-was-fifth-grade.html

Now it is horror story, mind you. There's little gore, but it is dark. Two years ago my dog had a brush with death, and I put that experience into the story. He's still alive, by the way. That much is different.